1. School of Building, Architecture and Design,
Taylor’s University August 2016 Semester
Building Services 2 (BLD 60503)
Tutorial 1 - Ventilation
Q1. What is Ventilation and why do we need ventilation in confined
dwelling?
Q2. What is Natural Ventilation?
Q3. What is stack ventilation (PSV) and explain how the system works with
simple sketches?
Q4. State the Building Regulations requirements for ventilation in:
a. Habitable rooms
b. Non-habitable rooms in domestic buildings
c. Kitchen, bathrooms, utility rooms and the like.
Q5. Explain three types of mechanical ventilation systems.
Q6. What do you understand by ‘rate of air change’ in ventilation?
Q7. What are the potential consequences of extreme humidity levels?
Q8. What are the ideal optimal indoor relative humidity range that will
prevent potential adverse effects for occupants and the dwelling itself?
Q9. What is the difference between absolute humidity and relative
humidity?
Q10. How does heat losses from our body?